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'Anticipated litigation' against Monterey over Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy has been gone from Monterey city leadership since December 2017, but his name came up in closed session Tuesday night, along with the words "anticipated litigation." According to the closed session agenda, city leaders discussed potential fallout of four cases from an investigation pertaining to the former city manager, who resigned after allegations of "sexual impropriety" surfaced.

Mike McCarthy has been gone from Monterey city leadership since December 2017, but his name came up in closed session Tuesday night, along with the words "anticipated litigation." According to the closed session agenda, city leaders discussed potential fallout of four cases from an investigation pertaining to the former city manager, who resigned after allegations of "sexual impropriety" surfaced.

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Updated: 11:36 AM PDT May 16, 2018

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WEBVTT REPORTER: IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, AS OF TONIGHT, NO LAWSUITS HAVE YET BEEN FILED AGAINST THE CITY BUT WE DID GET A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT’S HAPPENED SINCE THIS INVESTIGATION INTO MCCARTHY BEGAN LAST YEA MIKE MCCARTHY HAS BEEN GONE FROM MONTEREY CITY LEADERSHIP SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT HIS NAME CAME UP IN CLOSED SESSION TUESDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH THE WORDS, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, MEANING THE CITY COULD BE EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL LAWSUITS STEMMING FR AN INVESTIGATION SURROUNDING MCCARTHY, THE FORMER CITY MANAGER. BACK IN JANUARY, HIS REPLACEMENT, CURRENT CITY MANAGER HANS USLAR SAT DOWN WITH ACTION NEWS TO TALK ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO MCCARTHY, WHICH ALLEGES QUOTE SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY. >> ON NOV. 28 THE CITY OF MONTEREY RECEIVED A WRITTEN COMPLAINT THAT WAS EMAILED TO SUGGEST AT MONTEREY DOT OR THIS EMAIL ALLEGES SEXUA IMPROPRIETY AGAINST FORMER CITY MANAGER MIKE MCCARTHY; P EXISTING CITY POLICY FULL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY REPORTER: MCCARTHY HAS SINCE COME FORWARD ADMITTING HE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH ANOTHER CITY EMPLOYEE., AND IT LED HIM TO RESIGN. THAT WAS JUST ONE CASE, ONE COMPLAINT TO THE CITY POSSIBLY BUT TUESDAY’S CLOSED SESSION AGENDA MENTIONS FOUR CASES AND POTENTIAL PLANTIFFS PLURAL. SO WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE INDEED FOUR SEPARATE CASES, MEANING FOUR SEPARATE PEOPLE, BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE US ANY MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THOSE OTHER THREE CASES WERE ABOUT, AND HOW EXACTLY MR. MCCARTHY IS INVOLVED THE I SPOKE TO MR MCCARTHY ON THE PHONE EARLIER THIS AFTERNO TO SEE IF HE HAD ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE 4 CASES REFERENCED IN THIS CLOSED SESSION AGEND COULD BE. HE SAYS HE DOESN’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE ABOUT HE IS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE CITY AT THIS TIM REPORTING IN MONTEREY, SIERRA STARKS, KSBW ACTION NE

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'Anticipated litigation' against Monterey over Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy has been gone from Monterey city leadership since December 2017, but his name came up in closed session Tuesday night, along with the words "anticipated litigation." According to the closed session agenda, city leaders discussed potential fallout of four cases from an investigation pertaining to the former city manager, who resigned after allegations of "sexual impropriety" surfaced.

Mike McCarthy has been gone from Monterey city leadership since December 2017, but his name came up in closed session Tuesday night, along with the words "anticipated litigation." According to the closed session agenda, city leaders discussed potential fallout of four cases from an investigation pertaining to the former city manager, who resigned after allegations of "sexual impropriety" surfaced.

Mike McCarthy has been gone from Monterey city leadership since December 2017, but his name came up in closed session Tuesday night, along with the words "anticipated litigation." According to the closed session agenda, city leaders discussed potential fallout of four cases from an investigation pertaining to the former city manager, who resigned after allegations of "sexual impropriety" surfaced.